Repair & Maintenance

If there’s a puddle of water on the floor by your fridge, don’t panic just yet. Check these four things—and make some quick tweaks—to stop the leaking.

Household appliances help keep your life running smoothly. When they break down unexpectedly, routines—and budgets—get thrown off. That’s why it’s so important to budget for appliance maintenance, repair, and replacement. To help you plan, the household appliance repair experts at Puls have just released a report on appliance repair costs and reliability across the United States. Here’s a look at their major findings along with a few tips on which brands last longest.

Instead of stopping by the garage, save some money by learning how to change your own oil.

Building materials and water don’t mix. Insulation, wood studs, plywood sheathing, and subflooring can all degrade, rot, or develop mold when they’re repeatedly saturated with water. Making the situation even worse, this water damage is often hidden from sight, tucked away between walls or under floors. As a result, significant structural damage can occur before it’s discovered. Read on to learn about 15 spots where water damage could be hiding in your home.

Follow this guide to control a case of the wobbles.

If your house could talk, it would tell you that spending a little money now on small repairs could save you big bucks down the road. We’ve put together 20 of the best small updates for keeping your home happy and your wallet full.

Protect your transmission from excessive wear and tear by regularly replacing the transmission fluid.

It’s a law of nature and of home-owning: whatever can go wrong, eventually will. With a bit of preparedness and forethought, though, damage from household mishaps needn’t be disastrous. Here are 10 crises that commonly arise, and a few thoughts on how to handle them.

Bothersome gurgling or bubbling coming from your commode can indicate a larger problem. Troubleshoot the annoying noises with these techniques.

Learn the proper way to figure out reasons for a circuit breaker tripping in a home—as well as when to let an electrician do the sleuthing.